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ASEAN-focussed labour market governance programme (OSH and industrial relations) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2019

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2019

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Resource management

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

n/A

challenges:

There was clearly a need for full time project coordinators in both project countries, as evidenced by the Cambodia country office protestations at the outset and on an ongoing basis, and by the actual amount of work that had to be done as demonstrated by the project implementation. Furthermore, the budget was not well divided between the project countries since there was a surplus in one and a deficit in the other. Given that there was an overall surplus of over $50,000 in the project budget, which the donor now plans to transfer to another OSH/labour inspection project in Indonesia, it cannot be concluded that financial and human resources were allocated efficiently and strategically for this project.

success:

The donor agreed to increase the National Project Coordinator post to 80% for the final six months of the project, together with a part time administrative assistant. This was definitely an improvement on the initial scenario, but still fell short of the 100% funding that was required from the beginning.

context:

The Viet Nam component had a fully funded full time National Project Coordinator. The Cambodia component had a 50% funded half time National Project Coordinator. Perhaps the rationale behind this decision was that the Viet Nam component would supposedly have double the work because it was managing two project objectives rather than one. However, as the project was implemented, it became apparent that the Cambodia component involved just as much work to implement the one project objective in terms of time required of a National Project Coordinator.

description:

Adequately funded national project coordinators are needed at the country level for multi country projects

administrative_issues:

It is important not to underestimate the time required of ILO project coordinators to properly coordinate and implement project activities. This is especially so in countries where the national implementing partners have low capacity, and particularly in countries where a project is in phase one. It is imperative to appreciate that underfunding project coordinators will ultimately affect the quality of project delivery.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/195640

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location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

ASEAN-focussed labour market governance programme (OSH and industrial relations) - Final Evaluation